Saving seats at swimming

[HateSummer]

Why do people do this?! They plonk a coat or bag on a chair and fuck off "saving the seat".

I took a coat off a chair and put it on the table about 15 mins ago and no one has come back yet. Selfish arseholes.

Presumably because they want to sit there

But they're not sitting there are they? They claim a seat and leave it empty, but they leave something on it so no one else takes it.

Was it the only seat left?

and yet you moved their property so you could take it...

I bet you go round the pool on holiday chucking all of the towels into the bushes too

I've seen this attempted at DD's swimming lessons but it rarely works. Mainly because the "seating area" is just three short-ish benches. If someone has attempted to save a space, then people will just sit elsewhere on the bench and sort of slide along to allow others to sit down. So the end result is that the saved space becomes roughly 6 inches wide - just the width of the handbag or jacket. Not sufficient for the average bottom .

At dds lessons there are approximately 40 kids in the pool but just 18 chairs in the spectators area (3 tables of 6). There's a big sign saying unattended property will be removed so I have no problem doing this myself.

And then there are the 'changing room savers'. It's just a constant battle! I'll be so glad when we're through with the lessons.

and why do they bring their whole bloody family to watch little Sid swim?? taking up half the chairs in the process..

We sometimes make it a family event, cottage cheese. Dh comes close to the pool on the way home from work. Wouldn't have time to come home to watch the little one while I take the big one, due to traffic, so we meet at the pool, but only one adult and big kid go into the changing room. We sit in the big area though, not in the limited viewing area.
We've recently changed things, but that was why we did it that way then.

Some people are like this. They are the people who take the entire family to the supermarket and block the aisles, or view a trip to a and e as a day out ( make sure you take plenty of change for the snack machine guys).

It is all part of life's rich pattern.sigh.

and yet you moved their property so you could take it...
😆, yes and I've been doing it for months. I don't even ask anymore, I just pick the item off the chair and plonk it on the table.

and why do they bring their whole bloody family to watch little Sid swim??
God this annoys me too! They line their chairs up right infront of the viewing window and don't let anyone else look at anything!